5/26/23 Story of the First Settlement by Columbus. One Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin. Science. Beach Cam.

 

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

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Source: See BBC.com link below.

The mystery of La Navidad.

It was Christmas Eve 1492. Christopher Columbus and his three ships had already arrived in the Caribbean, and had toured some of its islands. On board the Santa Maria, off the north coast of Hispaniola, the admiral soon went to rest, since at dawn the next day he was scheduled to meet with a local cacique, Guacanagarí.

Possibly the four bell doubles that announced midnight rang, accompanied by the traditional "Good is the one that goes, better is the one that comes!" The sea was calm.

No one heard the signs of the boat approaching a sandbar until it was too late...

Here is the link for a much longer and interesting read.

The mystery of Christmas, the first European settlement in America built with the remains of one of Columbus' ships - BBC News World

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There is some talk about "The $1 trillion platinum coin with which the U.S. government could avoid bankruptcy."...

This has caused some experts and analysts to return to talk about an option – far-fetched for many – of last resort: the issuance of a US $ 1 trillion platinum coin to save the country from bankruptcy...

"They would just have to write $1 trillion in the currency and send it to the Federal Reserve," Philip Diehl, former head of the U.S. Mint, told NPR's Marketplace program.

Although many laugh imagining that it would be a gigantic and heavy platinum coin, the truth is that it could be as small as a simple ordinary quarter-dollar coin that is kept in your pocket...

Here is the link for more about that.

The US$1 trillion platinum coin with which the US government could avoid bankruptcy - BBC News World

That is a solution proposed by a blogger but discussed by high level government officials as a possibility.  That is what the country has come to.  And it isn't unintentional.

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NASA astronaut on science and Christianity.

NASA astronaut says science 'doesn't contradict' Christianity | U.S. News (christianpost.com)

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Until I find some good combination of sources or something to adequately replace the MagicSeaWeed charts, here is a good site that shows the Jensen beach cam, wind data and tide chart.

Jensen Beach Webcam (video-monitoring.com)

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I'm going to do some posts on how to interpret wave data as it affects beach conditions.  I'll only say now that there is a difference between swells and waves and the wave height at the buoys is more relevant for mariners than surfers.  A six-foot wave height at a buoy will not be that big near the beach, which is what surfers and detectorists will be more concerned about.  I'll get into some of the subtleties in future posts.

Good hunting,

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